My Top 6 favorite movies

Pete’s Dragon. Elliot, the green & pink dragon, use to follow me around. He wasn’t really imaginary, as much as he was invisible. People TO THIS DAY remember Elliot was my invisible friend. I love singing all the songs – yes, I still remember them. And I played “Candle on the Water” for a piano recital. We don’t own a copy but I am getting one for Patrick for his birthday. Really, I promise it’s for Patrick and not for me. Wink wink

Tombstone.My favorite scene is the credits when they are all walking like badasses all wearing black down Main Street Tombstone. Josh and Paul won’t watch it with me because I quote most of the movie. “I’m you’re huckleberry.” What does that even mean?

Bull Durham. One, because it's about baseball. Two, it has great characters. Crash, Annie, Nuke LaLoosh. I wanted Paul & I to be Nuke and Annie for Halloween. Three, great lines - especiall the "Well, I believe in the soul, the c**k, the p***y, the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot, soft-core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days." I actually have this memorized.

Romeo+Juliet the Baz Luhrman version. I love the symbolism and creativity Baz Luhrman brings to this classic. I guess you have to see it to know what I am talking about. It’s hard to explain. He really helps you understand what Shakespeare was really saying. I could watch it again and again. I especially like to watch it while on the treadmill. Same goes for Moulin Rouge – another Baz Luhrman movie.

Eight Mile. Paul and I watched it in the summer of 2003 on the scary floor of the Saddle Tramp lodge while all his roommates were at home for the summer. It was romantic in a college guy kind of way so it still reminds me of our “young love.” And it gave me a glimpse into what Detroit was like. Paul actually grew up on Six Mile – no kidding.

Clue & Flash Gordon. These fall into the same category for me – movies Josh and I watched over and over and can quote word for word. I love the multiple endings of Clue – and “communism was just a red herring.” I always wanted a dress like Miss Scarlet’s. And Flash Gordon – what cheesy science fiction. I named one of my Baribe’s Dale. Again – no kidding. Josh and I liked it SO MUCH, we put a tape recorder in front of the TV and taped it. As you can imagine, it was a horrible recording, but we like it that much.

Braveheart & Gladiator were close runners-up. I like the “underdog wins” motif and both have great scripts.